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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been gradually removed from the city since White lived there?
(a) Public schools.
(b) Mansions.
(c) Theaters.
(d) Bill boards.

2. What does White say is the only thing that could save the city if they went one day without working together in the different racial communities?
(a) A war.
(b) A payload.
(c) A miracle.
(d) A devastating incident.

3. How does White say you can spot the people who are disappointed in the city?
(a) They will seem angry about nothing.
(b) They will be packing their bags.
(c) They will be taking too many pictures.
(d) They will be eating quietly.

4. What kind of tubes take messages from one place to another?
(a) Steel.
(b) Vacuum.
(c) Pneumatic.
(d) Mail Carriers.

5. What did White's stepson write about a lot?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Wine and Food.
(d) Football.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these do the subterranean lines under the city make possible?

2. When was the Empire State Building erected?

3. What changed about Greenwich Village since White lived in New York?

4. What familiar sounds come back to White as he thinks about New York?

5. What does White think should have destroyed it years ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say about the Empire State building?

2. Why does White say the people in New York always build skyward?

3. What part of the city does White describe in the most detail and why?

4. What does White say a visitor to New York will feel like right at first?

5. What has changed about the mansions in New York since White lived there?

6. What does White say all people in New York are looking for?

7. Where did White live while he was very poor in New York?

8. What about New York does White say is outlandish?

9. What has changed about Grand Central Station since White lived in New York?

10. What does White say about the subterranean pipes in New York?

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